OFFICE STUCK AT "We're getting things ready" (Office for Windows)

Anonymous
2015-12-22T06:24:08+00:00

I activated my Office 365 Home Subscription and clicked the install button on the page. It downloaded an .exe file and so I clicked it, then an orange box popped up saying "We're getting things ready" and it has been like this for 30 minutes. What do I do? Could this be linked to the fact that I bought the subscription key thing in the U.S. and activated it in the Philippines through telephone activation because it was region locked? (They sent me an email with a link where it just required me to sign in and then it went to the install page)

Using a brand new Surface Pro 4 256gb i5 model

Update: Got past the first orange popup by forcing it to quit and restarting my surface then I got an error and then proceeded to click the help link on the error message then it made me download something and run that thing then now I downloaded the install .exe file again and ran it. Now I'm at the bigger white "Installing Office" with "We'll be done in just a moment" popup with the loading bar thing. I'm stuck at 15%. How long does this usually take and does it require internet? I have **** internet right now because of something called "Asia Pacific Downtime Blah Blah" my ISP keeps telling me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-01-23T15:01:45+00:00

    it just make no sense at all when the installer is run and still stuck at "We are getting things ready" for 2 days.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-01-23T13:44:41+00:00

    There are several different solutions to this problem which have been reported to work by different people.  So feel free to try various things to get it to work.

    I also had the same problem, but I discovered that the installation wasn't really stuck after all.  It just proceeded in the background, and completed after about 45 minutes.  So, you might want to try letting it run for a while before giving up.

    FYI:  I used Windows 10 and Office 2016.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-22T21:13:57+00:00

    worked for me. 

    used revo to uninstall prior., \

    deleted reg keys and rebooted. 

    re-installed just fine. before i did the reg edit, just stuck

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